After Buenos Aires, I made my way to Rosario, to be there a day before the others. Its a really nice city about 5 hours outside Buenos Aires, really nice feel to it. Though I wasn't able to see too much, I did a bit on my first afternoon, then went to meet Calum, as he was going to be working there for 3 months, and had his own flat. So I went to his for the evening, and we bought some food. Was a really lovely night. And perfect as it was only a couple of blocks from the hostel.
On the 2nd day I was there, the morning that Dan, Jamie and...

I am now sitting in a cool covered patio at Carlos/Alejandra's home in Sam Miguel, a suburb of Buenos Aires. This last week or so have been busy servicing and preparing Paco for the difficult road in Chile that we intend to drive.
Today is a rest day, and reacquainting with Carlos/Alejandra. Last week was a very intense work week at Mariano/Josefina's home in Rosario.
(The following is very mechanical, skip if not interested)
Paco is running now. Mariano and Josephina, our wonderful friends in Rosario were very helpful in helping me...

So, the bottom line is - don´t bother.
Rosario is very much like BA, except it´s harder to find good restaurants, and there´s not as much entertainment. Kind of like Perth - a great place to live, not-so-great to visit.
We´re onto a bus to Iguazu Falls tonight, and this time next week we´ll be partying at Carnaval!

Rosario population is 1mil. the bus ride from Santa Fe to Rosario was an enjoyable 2.5 hours.
This is the only city in northern Argentina that i truely wished i had a camera with me. Oh me god. it has to been seen to be believed. Rosairo is renouned in Argentina for having the most beautiful women in the whole country and it didnt dissapoint. How this phemomenon occurs naturally in nature one can only wonder.
apart from that Rosario is a really beautifull city, clean good plazas and malls to people watch :) tons and tons of cafes, some...

arrived in rosario on the 8th of october which turns out to be the 40th anniversary of che guevaras death. he was born in rosario. next morning we went to see the house where he was born but its just got offices in it now. went to another museum of indigenous peoples which was interesting. we were only gonna stay in the hostel (rosario inn) for the 1 night but ezequiel, one of the members of staff got a phonebook for me so i could look up the bolgers. there was only one number so he called n then put me on the phone. i spoke to daniela who...

Rosario, the next largest city to Cordoba and our next stop on the way back to Buenos Aires. Similar to Cordoba, university town, tree-lined streets, but famous for its river beaches. Unfortunately we didn't get to experience as the weather wasn't so good. Seems like one of those places that you would need to invest some more time in to get the most out of it. Went for a run along the river and walked the streets, to find beautiful colonial style buildings.
Once our super quick visit was up, we took a taxi to the bus terminal. The taxi...

It was a roasting day in Buenos Aires when I left to Rosario. At the bus terminal it was practically like walking into an owen - dry, roasting heat. I was happy to be leaving. Once arrived in Rosario, I found out it had been a heat record in Buenos Aires and they were showing it all over in the TV.
Fernando had warned me that it's cold in the Argentine buses. I reckoned that would just be cool and refreshing and Argentine's would just take it for "cold". But he was right. Inside the bus was freezing, and arriving in Rosario was like...

After a couple days in BA we decided to head out of town. We first went up to San Antonio de Areco which is about 2 hours north of the city. It's a tiny town (maybe 15x15 blocks and 20,000 people) known for it's historical gaucho (cowboy) culture and fine silver and leather craftsmen. It's a totally peaceful and picturesque little town and we had a really nice couple of relaxing days browsing the shops and craftsmen workshops, picknicking by the river, hanging out in the central plaza and of course sampling the local fare. More beautiful...

The sun did shine, for 3 days at least and then the heavons opened and did the rain come down!!! Stopping only for a brief period to allow us to do a few jobs just before the night came to an end. The rest of that day was spentrelaxing in the hostel with just the owner for company, but not a bad thing considering he made us a very nice sausage and rice dish!
The rest of our time in Rosario was spent mostly on the river front. An international food fair started just after we arrived and although very busy, was entertaining, with plenty of...

We spent today looking around Rosario (two days tourism in as many days? something has gone horribly wrong here!), which is Che Guevara's birthplace. It is quite a quiet place, or at least so it seems after Buenos Aires, so it has been a fairly relaxed day. The country's flag (from what I could make out) was designed here by General Manuel Belgrano, and there is the Monumento Nacional a la Bandera - the monument to the flag, which is a big stone tower over the grave of the general. There is a lift up to the top of the monument from which...